The Off the Ball lads announce their comeback, and in brilliant style

The Off the Ball lads have taken to Twitter to let us know that they're coming back, and in brilliant style, as we should have suspected.

By Adrian Collins

To say that the JOE offices were saddened by the departure of the Off the Ball crew is about as big an understatement as you can get, and we've been struggling to cope ever since.

But the lads have brightened up our day by tweeting out that they're making their long-awaited come back. We know it's only been a week, but it feels like an eternity to us!

In a quick series of tweets the lads told everyone that they're coming back, and that they'll be giving those of us who've missed their dulcet tones in podcast format something to keep us going soon too.

As a final sign off, the lads, in their inimitable style, gave us a brilliant pic of the four boys putting their gardening leave to good use.

While we can't sanction Simon Hick taking his shirt off, we're certainly ready for the celebrations to begin to welcome the lads back.